Right now I'm baking some bread and about to make steam eggplant, onion, and kale over rice with peanut sauce with sweetpotato cheese fries (melted sage derby).


I got sick of eating grease and processed foods. I don't eat a lot of meat anyway so cooking veggies at home is awesome. My boyfriend cooks a lot too; it makes it so much easier to buy and make food for the house when you eat the same things.

He does an awesome chicken salad with my homemade garlic mayo! We also make a lot of curry dishes, veggies in pasta, and eggs of many styles.

My favorite thing to eat is a sandwich with sage/basil mayo (on bread I made myself!) with kale and basil leaves instead of lettuce and a salsa of raw garlic, hot peppers, tomato, and onion with two gooey eggs over-easy... Simple summer lunch with a little bit of witbier to wash it down.

[Edited on August 23, 2010 at 6:26 PM. Reason : I'm getting great recipe ideas from y'all. Thanks!!]

8/23/2010 6:25:21 PM

finished product...it was really good but not as good as the burritos i made last week. the burritos i'd eat over ANY burrito at a restaurant around here and over other things at restaurants i like. this was a good alternative to asian chicken, but needs tweaking. still good, not as good as my orange glazed chicken though. this is a ginger sesame chicken w/ scallions and water chestnuts


[Edited on August 23, 2010 at 8:19 PM. Reason : .]

8/23/2010 8:18:51 PM

I just cooked a giagantic ass meal for my friends

- rosemary, basil grilled chicken
- brown sugar glazed and roasted acorn squash, butternut squash, beets, and sweet potatoes
- parsley and garlic sauteed zucchini, yellow squash, and Japanese eggplant
and then raspberry ginger grilled peaches and icecream

8/23/2010 9:56:46 PM

how can i get on that list next time? dang

8/23/2010 10:04:05 PM

I, too, would like to be on that list

8/23/2010 10:06:59 PM

i mean we friends and all

8/23/2010 10:09:33 PM

^^^^ dang that sounds incredible. way better than what i made for eric

[Edited on August 23, 2010 at 10:10 PM. Reason : .]

8/23/2010 10:09:57 PM

Quote :

"how can i get on that list next time? dang "

8/23/2010 10:12:55 PM

i just felt like cooken


OH and i forgot I made garlic roasted baguettes with heirloom tomato and mozzarella brushetta

8/23/2010 10:56:24 PM

GEEZ. that is incredible. you go girlllllll.

8/23/2010 11:00:45 PM

I am really excited about what I am making for dinner tonight. I had hollandaise sauce for the first time over the weekend and I decided I wanted to make some. And somehow that evolved into wanting to make flavored hollandaise, so I am making some roasted serrano pepper hollandaise to serve over spicy sweet potato hash.

Then I am making chile relleno casseroles (eggs and egg whites, cheese, chilies and corn) and goat cheese, avocado and tomato crostini. I know the crostini don't entirely go with the rest of the meal but I have avocado and tomato I want to use and they are delicious, so oh well.

8/25/2010 3:17:37 PM

^that sounds incredible

8/25/2010 3:24:18 PM

i just read this thread again and went from full to hungry


next dish is going to be some good ole homemade monkey bread

8/25/2010 5:11:52 PM

ohh how did I miss this thread!

8/25/2010 5:15:20 PM

The roasted serrano hollandaise was awesome and also pretty easy because I cheated and made it in the Magic Bullet. I just blended two yolks with some lemon juice and three serranos that I roasted and peeled last night. Blended in half a stick of hot melted butter in increments and it was good to go. I foresee a lot of Benedicts in my future now.

8/25/2010 8:23:10 PM

Wishing I had some wild turkey that I could smoke in the smoker. It would be good right about now....

8/25/2010 10:44:49 PM

^^ blender hollandaise is the way to go. doign that shit by hand is just time consuming and easy to fuck up.

hand made mayonnaise, on the other hand... if fucking delicious.

8/26/2010 3:41:59 AM

Yeah, definitely. I was just a bit worried that because I couldn't add the butter in a small stream while it was running like I would have in an actual blender that it might separate. But it didn't. And it was delicious.

Funny you say that, because after I made the hollandaise I thought, "If this is so good, I should really try my hand at mayonnaise soon." I'm thinking either dill or basil-garlic.

8/26/2010 9:19:38 AM

yummm i <3 hollandaise sauce! It's especially good with fried oysters, roasted asparagus, and of course eggs benedict!

But it does separate very easily, so for bigger parties I would just use a dry mix!

8/26/2010 11:08:10 AM

i enjoy cooking, but i really enjoy eating out more. my fat ass spends about 35% of my pay dining out.

8/26/2010 11:16:42 AM

http://www.veganpeace.com/recipe_pages/recipes/BroccoliRabeAndSunDriedTomatoPasta.htm

made this last night....yumm

9/2/2010 11:14:18 AM

so freaking great. i has skillz

9/2/2010 11:45:47 AM

mine looks this but this is from the last time! i love this recipe

9/2/2010 11:47:15 AM

I made my dank ass shrimp scampi tonight


IT'S BANGIN', BRO

10/4/2010 6:20:17 PM

I'm having shmorri2 and his wife over for dinner tonight.

It's salad, spinach ravioli, and garlic bread!

10/4/2010 6:48:18 PM

I'm making shrimp and grits tomorrow for my cellmates cabinmates and I.

Mostly, so I can go through some food - we're all moving shortly.
Suggestions on what else to serve? Note that I intend for there to be lots of leftovers, and more than likely, this'll be a 'eat out of the pot on your own time' deal, owing to work schedules and shit.

10/4/2010 6:53:44 PM

^^ did you home make your raviolis? (even if you didn't make the actual pasta did you stuff them yourself?)

i have been wanting to do homemade pasta for awhile now.

10/4/2010 7:34:42 PM

I just had leftover fiesta casserole


which was pretty simple to make, very hearty, and pretty healthy (except for the copious amounts of cheese we use)- at least I didn't have any sour cream to cover it with

[Edited on October 4, 2010 at 7:40 PM. Reason : s]

10/4/2010 7:37:52 PM

oooo what's in a fiesta casserole?

10/4/2010 8:39:05 PM

why is polenta so fucking delicious?

10/4/2010 8:40:53 PM

going to make my first apple cobbler here soon. it's a trial run b4 taking it to my MIL for a fall dinner (in lieu of thanksgiving dinner)

that reminds me...i could make my pumpkin & caramelized pecan pie for my family reunion that's on sunday. we usually just take sweet tea. but a dessert would be cool

10/4/2010 8:41:31 PM

ooo make it! it sounds so delicious

10/4/2010 9:17:50 PM

i made a DANK apple cobbler for christmas eve dinner last year. it was my first time (props for trying it out beforehand, unfortunately i was not that coordinated). i'm really glad it came out well. it was amazing and 100% from scratch (i mean, i didn't grow the apples or anything but there were no fillings used and i made the crust from scratch and stuffs). let me know how yours turns out!!!

i started with apple cobbler instead of apple or cherry pie because crust is hard/scary and with a pie it needs to look all pretty and fancy. with a cobbler you have some leeway

10/4/2010 9:18:12 PM

I could go for some apple cobbler right about now yumm

10/4/2010 9:18:54 PM

i don't really like baked apples, which is unfortunate because i'm missing out on a ton of desserts

10/4/2010 9:19:53 PM

yo kadwackle

make me some apple cobbler


I'll be your bff forever

kkthx

10/4/2010 9:21:18 PM

damnnnnn. baked apples are my favorite. i don't like when they are too sweet/too mushy though

10/4/2010 9:21:40 PM

this thread made me hungry, and now i have a huge craving for apple cobbler

10/4/2010 9:38:30 PM

Quote :

"oooo what's in a fiesta casserole?"

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/layered-fiesta-casserole-75579.aspx


pretty much that, but we seasoned the beef with some taco/fajita seasoning (and I think next time we will try turkey, chicken, or pork), we added some black beans, and the fiance decided to throw some olives on top (not my favorite, but meh- didn't stop me from eating it


pretty simple, and like i said- very hearty and tasty

10/4/2010 9:42:00 PM

^that sounds good! and i bet it would be great with turkey. i would probably add some onions to it, or green onions on the top after baking. avocado too.


and to all tww cooks: i'm looking for a good sweet potato casserole recipe for thanksgiving so send them to me!!

10/4/2010 9:53:51 PM

we actually mentioned onions for next time (i think the green onions on top would be real good!)



and i like avacados too, but at that point, I'd probably just go ahead and make some of my guacamole and use that as a topping... mmmmmmmm guacamole.....

10/4/2010 10:03:44 PM

i know this makes me like totally unamerican but i don't like candied sweet potatoes

10/4/2010 10:06:29 PM

Blasphemy!!!

10/4/2010 10:08:56 PM

now i really want to make guacamole! maybe this weekend.

^^i only started eating sweet potatoes about 3 years ago. i refused to try them before because they looked so stringy and.....orange.

10/4/2010 10:33:04 PM

mmmm now i want guac!!!!!

i like sweet potatoes, just not the candied kind with brown sugar and marshmallows. ickyyy.

10/4/2010 10:35:01 PM

brown sugar is amazing!

i found a casserole recipe with a brown sugar/pecan topping

10/4/2010 10:36:10 PM

last year I made mashed sweet potatoes with maple syrup and brown sugar in it... so amazing

tonight I made a medley mix with whole wheat elbow macaroni/spaghetti, zucchini, peppers, eggplant, worsterchire sauce, lemon juice, and feta cheese on top

10/4/2010 10:37:38 PM

This all sounds like it would beat cold pizza and cereal Id like to volunteer as honorary taste tester, kthx

10/4/2010 10:38:09 PM

homemade pizza (dough and all) cooked on a stone

pesto base
grilled chicken
roasted red peppers
pickled three pepper medley
mozzarella cheese

with a spinach and candied walnut salad

10/4/2010 11:03:40 PM

sir, enlighten me as to your oven temps and times for cooking homemade dough on a pizza stone

i have yet to find success

only a few tries though

10/4/2010 11:09:50 PM